Mistral Large 3
MistralOpenApache 2.0
Mistral Large 3 is a vision-language model from Mistral. It ranks 84 of 167 on LMArena’s overall vision board with 1220±8 from 9,254 votes. Its best category is OCR (#85 of 123). License: Apache 2.0.
Key figures
- Developer
- Mistral
- License
- Apache 2.0
- First seen (our snapshots)
- 2026-10-26
No data: Captioning, Entity recognition.
Who it suits
- Overall #84 of 167: lower half; consider it mainly for cost or deployment reasons.
- Strongest category: OCR (#85 of 123).
- Open weights (Apache 2.0): you can self-host it.
Neighbours on the overall board
| # | Model | Score | Votes | License | Δ vs this model |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 81 |  GPT-5.2 OpenAI | 1229 | 20,100 | Proprietary | +9 |
| 82 |  MiMo-V2-Omni Xiaomi | 1228 | 10,650 | Proprietary | +8 |
| 83 | Mistral Medium 3.5 Mistral | 1222 | 5,375 | Modified MIT | +2 |
| 84 | Mistral Large 3 Mistral | 1220 | 9,254 | Apache 2.0 | |
| 85 | GPT-6 Luna (Max) OpenAI | 1216 | 3,662 | Proprietary | -4 |
| 86 | o3 (2025-04-16) OpenAI | 1214 | 45,567 | Proprietary | -6 |
| 87 |  Qwen-VL-Max (2025-08-13) Alibaba | 1213 | 3,170 | Proprietary | -7 |
Alternatives · More from Mistral
| # | Model | Score | Votes | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 42 | Mistral Large 4 Mistral | 1272 | 1,008 | Proprietary |
| 83 | Mistral Medium 3.5 Mistral | 1222 | 5,375 | Modified MIT |
| 109 | Mistral Medium 3.1 (2508) Mistral | 1172 | 41,611 | Proprietary |
| 117 | Mistral Medium 3 (2505) Mistral | 1157 | 10,793 | Proprietary |
| 121 | Mistral Small 3.2 (2506) Mistral | 1142 | 10,843 | Apache 2.0 |
Alternatives · Top open-weight models
| # | Model | Score | Votes | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 |  GLM-5.3-Flash Z.ai | 1294 | 16,254 | MIT |
| 34 |  Kimi K2.6 Moonshot AI | 1282 | 16,368 | Modified MIT |
| 38 |  DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-20260910 (Max) DeepSeek | 1278 | 4,100 | MIT |
| 39 |  Gemma 4 31B Google | 1276 | 40,219 | Apache 2.0 |
| 44 | Qwen3.8-27B Alibaba | 1269 | 7,614 | Apache 2.0 |
How to read these scores
- If two scores differ by less than their ± intervals, the models are statistically close.
- Each category board is computed independently; do not compare scores across categories.
- Models with few votes move more; ranks of new entries may change.
FAQ
Where does Mistral Large 3 rank among vision models?
Overall rank 84 (1220); OCR rank 85 (1228); Diagrams rank 85 (1240); Homework rank 92 (1216); Creative writing rank 77 (1217); Humor rank 68 (1218); English rank 79 (1235); Chinese rank 77 (1240) (LMArena, data as of Oct 26, 2026).
How good is Mistral Large 3 at OCR?
Mistral Large 3 ranks 85 of 123 on LMArena’s OCR board with 1228 (6,194 votes).
Is Mistral Large 3 better with Chinese or English prompts?
Chinese board: #77 of 128 (1240); English board: #79 of 167 (1235). The boards are computed separately, so compare ranks rather than scores.
Is Mistral Large 3 open-weight?
LMArena lists its license as Apache 2.0, not proprietary; check the license text for commercial use.
How far is Mistral Large 3 from #1?
#1 overall is Claude Fable 5 (High) (1325); Mistral Large 3 has 1220, 105 points behind.
Sources
LMArena data published Oct 19, 2026.
Synced here Oct 26, 2026.
Price, context length and release date have no reliable public data here and are not shown; all figures come from snapshots, blanks are –.